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noufalibrahimtoday at 6:24 AM2 repliesview on HN

I'm glad fountain pens came up here. There's a shop a few hours away from where I stay in an old town in India called the "Pen Hospital". It was a thriving business in the 60s when my father went to college. Lots of people came there mostly to repair fountain pens. He's mostly just a stationery store right now but if you take a fountain pen there for repair, he does it for free just as a nod to the tradition I guess.


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ciktoday at 8:44 AM

My dream is to visit this store. I've heard that it's by far the greatest modern fountain pen store in the world. I'm dying to go, just for this. I've ordered from them before - all the way to Canada and Israel. A gem, might be my favourite store in the world.

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ricardobayestoday at 6:45 AM

My friend told me when he visited India that they repair everything over there: it's a beautiful thing IMO

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